There are some things about the feeding habits of bed bugs that might surprise you. If you once had the opportunity to observe bed bug bites on someone’s skin, the bites’ pattern might make you wonder whether bed bugs like to bite in the same spot. Could it be true that bed bugs bite in the same location?
Beg bugs can bite various parts of the body, but they prefer to bite in the same spot when they find a suitable feeding spot. Bed bugs always take their time to find a blood vessel before they bite their host, which is their feeding spots are usually close to one another.
Most of the time, several bed bugs will line up very close to one another while sucking blood from their host. Bed bugs may be feeding on your blood without you noticing unless you know how to identify their bites. You should read on if you want to know how to identify their bites and understand their feeding habits.
How Do You Know If You Have Been Bitten by Bedbugs?
Bed bug bites sometimes appear like bites from mosquitoes. You may be sleeping on a bed full of bed bugs and still not be aware of their activities for several days because their bites are painless. However, you can know if bed bugs have bitten you by watching out for some signs.
Itchiness is the first sign that you should watch out for. Usually, the bites of bed bugs will cause itchiness a few hours after the bite (depending on the sensitivity). So, if you wake up and your skin feels itchy, you should carefully examine your skin for signs of bites.
Usually, bed bug bites will have a definite pattern. The pattern may be in the form of a zig-zag or straight line. In a few cases, the bites may not form any pattern, but they will be concentrated in a small area. The bites may appear to be flat or swollen. The parts of your body where you should examine are the arms, legs, shoulders, neck, and every other part that you expose while sleeping.
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If you still have some doubts after you have seen the signs above, you may examine your bed for confirmation. You should see bloodstains on the sheet if bed bugs are responsible for the marks on your skin.
If you notice all the signs above, then it means that bed bugs have been biting you for some time.
Do Bed Bug Bites Spread When Scratched?
Bed bug bites don’t spread when you scratch them, but it is not advisable to scratch the bites no matter how irritating they are. Rashes that appear on the skin as a result of bed bug bite will fade off after some time if you don’t scratch them.
The response of your immune system to the secretion from the bed bug is responsible for the itchiness.
If you scratch the bites, your skin can peel off and become vulnerable to infection. If your skin eventually becomes infected, it might appear as if the bed bug bites are spreading due to how you scratched them, but the truth is that bed bug bites are non-contagious.
Do Bed Bugs Ever Bite Just Once?
Often, bed bugs don’t bite just once. On a single night, the same bed bug can bite you more than once, and it will return after some days to bite you again. Blood is the only food that bed bugs rely on, which is why they always come back for more.
If a bed bug consumes enough blood at a time, it will feed once or twice per week. But since bed bugs always invade a place in a large number, their host will suffer from their attacks every night.
It’s important to note that bed bugs will feed more in hot seasons than they do in cold seasons because the female bed bugs need more blood to hatch eggs in hot seasons.
Do Bed Bugs Bite the Same Place Repeatedly?
Bed bugs don’t just bite at random. Instead, they bite along the path of veins since blood is abundant along such path. Veins are sometimes not visible to bed bugs, so they may use existing marks to trace the vain path. Consequently, their bites will be focused on the same area.
In some cases, they may decide to bite the same spot repeatedly instead of using an existing mark to trace another spot on the vein path. So, if a bed bud bites you on one spot, another bed bug will likely bite you on the same spot or another place very close to it.
One can identify a spot that bed bugs have bitten multiple times by examining the size of such a spot. Such a spot will appear larger than usual even before you scratch it.
How Many Times Can 1 Bed Bug Bite at Once
Usually, one bedbug will bite multiple times per night for different reasons. For instance, if your movements interrupt a bed bug while it is feeding, it will bite you once again. If the interruption continues, it will also continue to bite you until it has sucked enough quantity of blood.
Also, if a bed bug is unable to find a blood vessel after the first bite, it will bite another spot. Even if a bed bud finds a blood vessel at once, there is a chance that it will still bite another spot.
Bed bugs are known to have a bite pattern that involves three bites per meal. These three bites will be in a straight line, and they will be very close to one another.
However, a bed bug can bite just one time per night and receive enough blood from just a spot. This is not common, though.
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